2013 Match: The Stats Thread

[joetrisman]

C/p template from a4md's thread...Thanks!

This thread is for students who matching into residencies to share their stats (anonymously if desired) so that other students interested in residencies can see what types of qualifications are generally favorable to residency programs.

Things to include (suggested):
-GPA
-Type of PharmD program (3 or 4 year)
-Geographic location (region or city if desired)
-Activities
-Leadership positions
-Community service
-Work experience in the field of pharmacy
-Work experience outside of pharmacy
-Number and type of residencies applied to
-Number of interview invites
-Where you actually matched (type of residency, geographic location, etc)

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[PharmAnimal89]

3.4 GPA
0-6 PharmD Program
East Coast (Long-Standing Institution)
-3 Publications in national journals, 2 Professional Posters at (1 national and 1 Regional Meeting)
-2 Directed studies during P2 and P3 year
-LORs from Physician, Preceptor, and Supervisor from Inpatient Job
-Too much community service to list...over the 6 years accumulated 1000s of hours in various settings like Teach for America, CDC Project Diabetes, Red Cross Volunteer, etc
-Work: 3 years inpatient and 1 year Community (top 10 hospital in country and major chain)
-Applied: 9 PGY-1 Inpatient Residencies at large academic centers
-8 Interviews, I turned down 1. (Went to 7 total)
-Matched with #1! Large, Academic Medical Center in the South

 

[Hendlefe]

-3.6 GPA
-4 year program
-Western New York
-Poster presentation at ASHP midyear, zero publications. 3 very good LOR.
-APhA Vice President and Operation Heart chair, LKS Vice president and social chair
-Plenty of community service
-3 Years technician prior to pharmacy school, 2 years large hospital during pharmacy
-Applied to 13 California residencise, interviewed and ranked 5
-Matched my 3rd ranked; medium sized hospital in Southern California

 

[iwannapushpills]

-GPA = 2.8
-Type of PharmD program = 4 year
-Geographic location = Texas
-Activities = None
-Leadership positions = Class and fraternity historian
-Community service = Over 100 volunteer work at various sites
-Work experience in the field of pharmacy = Retail and hospital
-Work experience outside of pharmacy = Environmental scientist
-Number and type of residencies applied to = 9
-Number of interview invites = 6
-Where you actually matched (type of residency, geographic location, etc) = Community/Academia in Austin, Texas with University of Texas

 

[joetrisman]

-GPA
3.8
- Program
Relatively new 3 year program
- Location
Midwest
-Degrees
PharmD (finishing), MBA (just finished), BA in Bio
- Activities
1 local conference poster presentation, 1 national conference poster presentation, 1 national publication (in-press), research position in area of interest, finished MBA degree concurrently, Rho Chi member, ACCP, ASHP
-Leadership
No pharmacy orgs; only as a school committee memeber
-Community service
2 years of volunteering at local outpatient hospital pharmacy, multitude of volunteering through school orgs
-Work experience in the field of pharmacy
See above, 4 years retail (and present) for a chain, grew up in father's independent but did minimal work
-Work experience outside of pharmacy
high responsibility previous managment position among other things
-LORs
1 from a residency director/my icu rotation preceptor, 1 from my research PI, 1 from random rotation preceptor
-Rotations
Only had one hospital (ICU) rotation before midyear
-Number and type of residencies applied to
12 academic teaching centers
-Number of interview invites
3
-Where you actually matched (type of residency, geographic location, etc)
Matched my #2 at a large academic teaching medical center in the south

 

[Nottingham]

- GPA 3.6
- 4 years at an established east coast school
-national poster, really maxxed out on rotation presentations/experiences (took initiative as much as possible)
-Chapter officer for two years in fraternity, officer in another org for one year
-Smattering of community service associated with organizations I was involved with
-6 years retail experience, both independent and chain
-Applied to 9 programs, collection of VA, amb care and community
-7 invites; ranked 6 of 9 rankable positions
-Matched to #2 choice, PGY 1 ambulatory care affliated with university in Virginia

 

[Rattlergirl53]

My stats will give you hope!!

3.48 GPA GRADUATED IN 2012
0-6 program south
PLS, Class Historian, Research but no publication
Over 200 hours community service
Minimal CVS pharmacist work experience, did not intern anywhere
Applied to 15 programs, VAs, Managed Care/amb care, community hospitals
7 interviews
Matched at Amb Care/Managed Care excited and thrilled!!!

SN: The program I matched at did participate in PPS and I believe this did help with me getting an onsite interview.

 

[pharmgirl333]

-4.0 GPA
-4 year PharmD program in the Midwest
-Activities: ASP, SSHP, PLS, Rho Chi
-Leadership positions: Many in several pharmacy organizations
-Community service: Lots of community outreach throughout pharmacy school
-Work experience in the field of pharmacy: Hospital internship during school
-Number and type of residencies applied to: 9
-Number of interview invites: 9
-Where you actually matched (type of residency, geographic location, etc): #1 choice at a large, academic center in the Midwest!

 

[Rattlergirl53]

-4.0 GPA
-4 year PharmD program in the Midwest
-Activities: ASP, SSHP, PLS, Rho Chi
-Leadership positions: Many in several pharmacy organizations
-Community service: Lots of community outreach throughout pharmacy school
-Work experience in the field of pharmacy: Hospital internship during school
-Number and type of residencies applied to: 9
-Number of interview invites: 9
-Where you actually matched (type of residency, geographic location, etc): #1 choice at a large, academic center in the Midwest!

You're a superstar candidate I bow down lol j/k but your stats are impressive

 

[pharmgirl333]

You're a superstar candidate I bow down lol j/k but your stats are impressive

Well thank you! Personally, I am very impressed with your determination and match this year. You should be very proud of yourself!

 

[Stjny1234]

My stats will give you hope!!

3.48 GPA GRADUATED IN 2012
0-6 program south
PLS, Class Historian, Research but no publication
Over 200 hours community service
Minimal CVS pharmacist work experience, did not intern anywhere
Applied to 15 programs, VAs, Managed Care/amb care, community hospitals
7 interviews
Matched at Amb Care/Managed Care excited and thrilled!!!

SN: The program I matched at did participate in PPS and I believe this did help with me getting an onsite interview.

MY stats will give you hope.......

2.99 GPA
0-6 program northeast
In several organizations but hold no positions
2 years work experience in large academic medical center
2 national posters, no publications
Applied to 7 programs, 4 interviews
Matched 1st choice, large academic medical center, northeast


Congrats to everyone

 

[ladyrosa]

I hope my stats give everyone some hope too!

-GPA
3.4/4

-Type of PharmD program (3 or 4 year)
4 years after a B.A. in neuroscience and psychology

-Geographic location (region or city if desired)
*Pharm school is in the South
*Undergrad was in New England

-Activities
*A state-level student pharmacist organization, SHAC (oldest student-led free clinic)
*Some volunteering with the local Parks & Recreations, free clinics, health department and the Public Health Reserve Corps

-Leadership positions
*Chair of an industry interest group x 1 year
*Director of the division of SHAC (see above) that works on providing inter-disciplinary home-based health care to the elderly in the neighborhood x 1 year
*Class secretary/treasurer x 2 years

-Community service
*Local Parks and Recreation
*Free clinics
*Public Health Reserve Corps

-Work experience in the field of pharmacy
*Research Intern in a lab in my pharm school x 0.5 years
*Pharm Tech at my school's hospital x 1.5 years

-Work experience outside of pharmacy
*Research assistant x 2.5 years before pharm school
*Summer Intern at the NIH x 1 summer

-Publications/Posters
*1 paper (3rd author)
*2 posters

-Number and type of residencies applied to
*Applied to 16 - both general and amb-care based, all VAs
*Got 6 interviews invitations
*Interviewed at 6 places
*Ranked all 6
*Got matched to first choice!!!

-Where you actually matched (type of residency, geographic location, etc)
*VA in the Pacific Northwest - my first taste of the West Coast!

 

[jadedpharmer]

Yay congrats to everyone!

My stats:

3.06 GPA (I round up to 3.1 on my CV)

4 year undergrad, 4 year pharmacy school

In 2 organizations but did absolutely nothing with either

0 pharmacy work experience, no volunteering work

0 posters, papers, publications or presentations

Applied to only 1 program that's close to my house (like 12 minutes away)

Matched with 1st and only choice

 

[rx113]

-GPA: 3.7
-Type of PharmD program :2+6
North east
-Activities- research 4 poster presentation and 1 pending publication
-Leadership positions-NONE
-Community service- scattered activities
-Work experience in the field of pharmacy- 2 community pharmacies
-Work experience outside of pharmacy
-Number and type of residencies applied to- applied to 11
-Number of interview invites- interviews at 8 and ranked 7
-Where you actually matched (type of residency, geographic location, etc)- got matched at my 5th choice

 

[RxGoose]

- 3.1 GPA
- 2-4 Pharm.D. program
- Pgh
- Activities:
APhA, ACCP, ASHP, Boy Scouts, campus ministry, Professional Fraternity Council, state pharmacy organization, Phi Delta Chi, Phi Lambda Sigma
- Leadership positions:
APhA - Policy Committee member
Boy Scouts - Eagle Scout
Professional Fraternity Council - Founding member, PDC delegate
State pharmacy organization - VP of school chapter, county delegate
Phi Delta Chi - VP, Correspondent, Window display Task Force chair, Service Project Task Force member, webmaster
Phi Lambda Sigma - Leadership Challenge Committee member
- Community service: Too numerous to jot down (tons for PDC)
- Work experience in the field of pharmacy: 5 years retail, worked at a VAMC for two summers, community hospital during classes
- Applied to 8 residencies, mostly AmCare-focused hospitals
- 4 interview invites
- Matched at a Level I trauma center with an outpatient family medicine clinic in central PA

 

[confettiflyer]

Speaking of stats, looks like 63% of those who submitted a match card got a spot, a ~2% improvement over last year. Net gain of 260+ residency slots sortof keeping pace with the number of graduates. Still overall short though.

 

[bkiskadd]

-GPA: 3.85
-Type of PharmD program: 4 year (have BS in Chemistry)
-Geographic location: Southeast
-Activities: APhA, GSHP, Rho Chi, midyear poster
-Leadership positions: treasurer and fundraising chair for GSHP
-Community service: ADA & APhA health fairs
-Work experience in the field of pharmacy: CVS x6 years, Diabetes research assistant at an academic medical center
-Applied to: 6 programs- all acute care, mix of academic medical centers and community hospitals
-Number of interview invites: 6
-Where you actually matched: #-large academic medical center in the Southeast

 

[russ0191]

-GPA: 3.8
-Type of PharmD program: 4 year (B.S. in Kinesiology)
-Geographic location: Midwest
-Activities: Rho Chi, Kappa Psi, APhA (minimal involvement)
-Leadership positions: None
-Community service: Various community service volunteer activities through the aforementioned organizations
-Work experience in the field of pharmacy: Small community pharmacy x6 years, University hospital discharge pharmacy x7 years (full time pharmacy coordinator for 3 years prior to starting pharmacy school)
-Work experience outside of pharmacy: Youth hockey coach
-Number and type of residencies applied to: 4, all community hospitals
-Number of interview invites: 2
-Where you actually matched (type of residency, geographic location, etc): #1-small community hospital in the midwest

 

[Farcus]

Undergrad Degree: 3rd year, never got bachelor and no degree
Undergrad GPA: 3.72 from big state school (party it up)
Pharmacy GPA: 3.6 (converted from out of 100)
Activities: Phi Delta Chi, Rho Chi, SNPhA, ACCP,
Leadership: Vice President, Membership Coordinator, 2-3 Chairs, 1-2 event Organizer
Publish: ACCP 1xAbstract, no manuscript
Presentation: 2xnational event with original posters each event, 1x state event with original poster (3rd place student poster award), 1x local event poster
Awards: Deans/Chancellor list, a grant for going to a trip, poster award
Rotations: Mostly all inpatient as listed: Internal Med/Infectious Disease/Transplant/Oncology/Psychiatry/Critical Care/Medical Mission Trip/Rural Medicine/Ambulatory Care
Community service: 12xhealth fair, co-organizer of 1 or 2, various events for local south florida geriatric/disabled population, well over 200 hour
-Work experience in the field of pharmacy: Specialty Pharmacy for 6 month in 3rd year
-Work experience outside of pharmacy: Was a part time lunch cafeteria boy in Undergrad
-Number and type of residencies applied to: 16 of various caliber
-Number of interview invites: 8
-Where you actually matched (type of residency, geographic location, etc): #1 Choice, 900+Bed Hospital, Texas, PGY1 Pharmacy Practice with various PGY2 and fellowship
Letter of Recommendation: I didn't read it
Feeling: Effing STROKED like i need some tPA stat

 

[Farcus]

3.4 GPA
0-6 PharmD Program
East Coast (Long-Standing Institution)
-3 Publications in national journals, 2 Professional Posters at (1 national and 1 Regional Meeting)
-2 Directed studies during P2 and P3 year
-LORs from Physician, Preceptor, and Supervisor from Inpatient Job
-Too much community service to list...over the 6 years accumulated 1000s of hours in various settings like Teach for America, CDC Project Diabetes, Red Cross Volunteer, etc
-Work: 3 years inpatient and 1 year Community (top 10 hospital in country and major chain)
-Applied: 9 PGY-1 Inpatient Residencies at large academic centers
-8 Interviews, I turned down 1. (Went to 7 total)
-Matched with #1! Large, Academic Medical Center in the South

If everyone was like you we'd have no hope, luckily I matched lol

 

[balab]

-3.72 (no prior degree)
-4 year Pharm.D Program
- Located in Texas
-0 publications, 0 posters
- Member of APHA, SNPHA, Student Council, Rho Chi, PLS, NCPA, ASHP, Kappa Psi
-Class President P4 year, Treasurer (Kappa psi, Rho Chi), Secretary (NCPA),
Vice-President (NCPA, Student Council, P3)
-A lot (mostly one day events) health fairs, flu clinics, feeding the homeless e.t.c
-6 months in retail as a pharmacy intern
-N/A
-10 Residency applications
-6 interview invites
-Matched to my number 1 choice in Texas (academic medical center)

 

[Pharmakid]

Matched to Seton in Austin,TX. Anyone joining me there?

 

[bacillus1]

Speaking of stats, looks like 63% of those who submitted a match card got a spot, a ~2% improvement over last year. Net gain of 260+ residency slots sortof keeping pace with the number of graduates. Still overall short though.

Uh oh, is the PGY1 becoming the new PharmD?

 

[IrishOats]

-3.6 GPA. Also previous BS degree.
-4 yr PharmD program in Midwest
-Research, w/poster presentation at national conference and local conferences
-Leadership positions in professional fraternity
-Various community service at health fairs, summer camp for kids, relay for life, etc
-5 yrs community pharmacy experience w/large chain
-Applied to 8 PGY1 programs, mostly university-affiliated hospitals w/both acute care and ambulatory care opportunities
-3 interviews
-Matched #1 choice, large academic medical center in the southwest.

 

[rl123]

Hello all,

- 3.55/4.0 (class of 2012!... also a re-applicant!)
- 0-6 Pharm.D program at an established school in the northeast (w/ meager reputation for students seeking residency training)
- Rho Chi, APhA (member on paper, not really active...at all). Involvement with other non-pharmacy student orgs w/ some leadership experience (was able to convey how I would translate these skills into a pharmacy context)
- ...no community service... whooops
- hospital intern x4years during pharmacy school; currently a staff pharmacist at a large, acute care hospital
- strong clinical APPE rotations in a variety of inpatient/ambcare settings (diabetes clinic, family practice clinic, ICUs, internal med, ID)
- 2 minor publications
- Applied 14, Interviewed 8, Ranked all 8 (*did NOT think this one through AT ALL, so THANKFUL I didn't match at either of the last 2 programs I tacked on at the end of my list. At the time I felt like I had to rank as many programs as possible to increase my chances)
- Matched at my #1 choice! (acute care, SOP affiliated, established program)

 

[pharmtechgirl26]

Hello. I've been lurking on here a bit, but thought I would throw in my stats.

3.2 gpa
4 year pharmacy school
bachelor's in Psych
PDC, APhA, SNPhA. Held officer position in PDC
3 years of inpatient experience in a top hospital
participated in many health fairs
research experience but no publication
APPE rotations: critical care, long term care, neuro ambulatory clinic, FDA, retail from hospital outpatient pharmacies, internal medicine hospital.
All while having two babies in pharmacy school
9 applications all in one specific out of state area, 1 interview at a community hospital, and matched!

Couldn't be more excited! I felt so crappy compared to all those on here with multiple interviews, but I guess it only takes one sometimes!

 

[Kenzi11611]

-GPA 3.4 (previous BS in biology&psych, MAT in bio education)
-Type of PharmD program (3 or 4 year) 4 year
-Geographic location (region or city if desired) Upstate NY
-Activities CPFI x2 yrs, Student govt x1, SOP curriculum committee x2
-Leadership positions Class President P4 year, CPFI secretary P2 year
-Community service Former Teach for America Corps Member (Baltimore 2004); work for local LGBT advocacy group
-Work experience in the field of pharmacy 6 mo at CVS as tech, 3 years as intern at regional grocery chain
-Work experience outside of pharmacy used to teach HS chemistry
-Number and type of residencies applied to: 4 (VA, 2 general PGY-1, community PGY-1)
-Number of interview invites: 3
-Where you actually matched (type of residency, geographic location, etc): 2nd choice, major local hospital for general pgy-1 with opportunity to teach at local SOP

 

[ufdlim]

GPA: 3.48
Type of PharmD program: 4 years + 4 years Bachelors
Geographic location: Florida
Activities: APhA, AMCP, ACCP, FSHP, KY; published x1
Leadership positions: Several AMCP positions including President. ACCP treasurer. Several KY positions.
Community service: Various for KY
Work experience in the field of pharmacy: 1 year retail. 1 year community hospital IV tech
Work experience outside of pharmacy: None? Other than high school work
Number and type of residencies applied to: 7
Number of interview invites: 5
Where you actually matched: Matched #1 choice - PGY1 at a large academic center in the midwest

 

[Pharmdoc2013]

-GPA 3.5
-Type of PharmD program (3 or 4 year) 4 year after my bachelors
-Geographic location (region or city if desired): Southern
-Activities: lots of research, other simple activities around the school
-Leadership positions: head of 1 school committee
-Community service: lots through my church and Scouts
-Work experience in the field of pharmacy: work at a local hospital for the last 2 years and worked at a retail chain for 2 years before that
-Work experience outside of pharmacy: research. 2 publications
-Number and type of residencies applied to: 11
-Number of interview invites: 7
-Where you actually matched (type of residency, geographic location, etc)[/QUOTE]
#1 spot at a lvl 1 trauma center affiliated with a large institution in the Midwest

 

[Valar Morghulis]

GPA: 3.84
Type of PharmD program: 4-year program, no undergraduate degree
Geographic location: Southeast
Activities: very active participant in 3 clubs and multiple health fairs; 1 ASHP Midyear poster (MUE-based) and 1 local poster (bench research-based poster with 1 year's worth of research)
Leadership positions: 1 position
Community service: >700 volunteer hours (most at completely non-pharmacy related activities; I can't think about pharmacy all the time, my head would explode!)
Work experience in the field of pharmacy: 2 years retail, 1 summer volunteering at a VA
Work experience outside of pharmacy: I did not talk about this at interviews nor did I include it in my applications/CV
Number and type of residencies applied to: 11 residencies, mostly VAs
Number of interview invites: 9 invites, turned 1 down due to scheduling issues; 8 total interviews (ranked 7)
Where you actually matched: Matched #4 choice at a PGY1 at a VA in the Northeast

 

[sanfordguy]

-GPA: 3.8
-Type of PharmD program (3 or 4 year): 4 year, and BS in Chem
-Geographic location (region or city if desired): East Coast
-Activities: minimal, but the ones I was involved with i had leadership positions
-Leadership positions: see above
-Community service: lots of work for 2 years with a community clinic
-Work experience in the field of pharmacy: summer hospital internship (clinical), lots of research experience in pharm and chemistry

-Work experience outside of pharmacy: none
-Number and type of residencies applied to: 10
-Number of interview invites: 6
-Where you actually matched (type of residency, geographic location, etc): Large academic center on west coast

 

[pearljam5a1]

-GPA: 3.5

-4-year Pharm.D. Program

-Midsouth

-VP of class

-Medical mission to Haiti as acting "Pharmacist" as a P2, Most of my other volunteer work was with ASP in order to satisfy the hours my school requires for graduation eligibility - around 40 hours

-Worked in hospital setting for 6 years pre-pharmacy school and then as an intern thereafter (my work experience set me apart from other candidates and I really played this up on my CV)

-Applied to 8 programs, offered interviews at 6, went to 5 and ranked 5 - mostly these were larger academic hospitals and 2 VA's

-Matched at VA 1st choice


I chose difficult rotations centered around critical care/nutrition/ID and got great letters of reference from preceptors with lots of initials after their names who are well-known/respected locally and some nationally. I also chose as many rotations as I could at the VA where I wanted to match and I think this helped a lot.